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{"title":"Modeling women's perceived level of safety at night in Milan","authors":"Federico Messa ,&nbsp;Lily Scarponi ,&nbsp;Lamia Abdelfattah ,&nbsp;Gerardo Carpentieri ,&nbsp;Valerio Martinelli ,&nbsp;Tonia Stiuso ,&nbsp;Andrea Gorrini","doi":"10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2025.104243","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2025.104243","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This article outlines the data analysis and modeling processes of the perceived level of safety for women at night time in the city of Milan. This research effort consists of the final phase of the STEP UP project, which was aimed to assess walkability for women in Milan using geospatial data analysis methods and involved three phases: literature review, data collection, and data analysis.</div><div>The modeling of perceived safety proposed in this paper takes into consideration a wide set of geospatial data, acquired from open data and proprietary platforms, quantifying factors identified in the literature review, and the Wher app data, a crowdsourced dataset of women's self-disclosed perceived safety on the street network. These two sets of information are used to explore the relationship between the built environment and safety perception. Moreover, this article covers the processes of filtering the factors emerged from scientific literature, and the translation from concepts into operationalizable quantitative indicators. The process of identifying the relations between the safety factors and the perceived safety consisted in testing several statistical models, ultimately leading to the implementation of a Geographically Weighted Regression (GWR) model, which appeared as the most suitable for capturing the spatial heterogeneity of the factors.</div><div>The results of the project showed the presence of three statistically significant indicators, namely Public Lighting, Public Transport, and Food &amp; Beverage, and include the spatial variation of Local R2 and Beta coefficient values, allowing for the inference of site-specific phenomena and complexities. Overall, the approach proposed in this article aims to bridge the gap between subjective crowdsourced data and city characteristics data, proposing a layered methodology to fine-tune the association between factors relevant to safety and geospatial data. It also proposed a quantitative approach to model the nighttime safety perception of women in Milan, ultimately contributing to the overarching goal of paving the way for additional gender-inclusive mobility planning and research routes.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48413,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Transport Geography","volume":"127 ","pages":"Article 104243"},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143947902","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A walker's paradise Ain't a driver's hell: Evaluating the causal effect of temporary road pedestrianization on traffic conditions of surrounding roads","authors":"Giancarlos Parady ,&nbsp;Makoto Chikaraishi ,&nbsp;Yuki Oyama","doi":"10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2025.104269","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2025.104269","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study uses a natural experiment approach to evaluate the causal effect of three regular road pedestrianization schemes in Central Tokyo on traffic conditions in surrounding areas. Cross-sectional traffic volume data collected by the Metropolitan Police Department via traffic counters was used as the dependent variable and causal effect evaluation was done via a difference-in-differences (DID) approach, where the temporal pedestrianization of a street was used as the treatment of interest. We take advantage of (1) the variability in pedestrianization execution days and (2) the seasonal variability in pedestrianization time periods, to define the natural experiments. Furthermore, three different buffer areas of 500 m, 750 m and 1000 m were used to evaluate the sensitivity of effect estimates to the definition of the impact area. No evidence of severe increases in traffic volume in the surrounding areas of pedestrianized roads was found, suggesting that human-centric network design is not necessarily a zero-sum game between pedestrians and drivers. While small increases in traffic volume of around 5 % and slight increases in congestion near pedestrianized links can be expected, these changes are unlikely to translate into worsening traffic conditions and can be managed by the existing road network in Tokyo.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48413,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Transport Geography","volume":"127 ","pages":"Article 104269"},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143947901","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Shaping active transport behavior: The impact of public safety agencies and judicial institutions","authors":"Mengbing Du ,&nbsp;Wen Li ,&nbsp;Ning Qiu ,&nbsp;Xiaoyang Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2025.104261","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2025.104261","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Active transport offers substantial health and environmental benefits. While existing research and practices have predominantly focused on behavioral interventions and infrastructure improvements, the role of the distribution of safety resources on residents' daily behaviors has been largely overlooked. This study explores how proximity to public safety agencies and judicial institutions affects residents' active transport behaviors by enhancing their sense of safety. The findings indicate that living closer to these agencies significantly increases active transport adoption. However, the impact is less pronounced for women, middle-aged adults, rural residents, and individuals with lower education and socioeconomic status who may face additional barriers and varying perceptions of safety. Our findings highlight the importance of a governance-driven approach to enhancing safety perceptions in promoting active transportation, expanding the theoretical framework by integrating governance with traditional behavioral and infrastructural perspectives. Such approaches are essential to ensure safety measures are effective, inclusive, and contribute to equitable improvements in public health and environmental sustainability.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48413,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Transport Geography","volume":"127 ","pages":"Article 104261"},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143941401","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Determinants of rail freight transportation impact on port competition in West Africa","authors":"Emmanuel Anu Thompson,&nbsp;Pan Lu","doi":"10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2025.104286","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2025.104286","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The reform of rail freight transport is currently underway in several African countries due to its critical role in port operations, which is driven by economic and geographical factors. Consequently, rail transportation has emerged as a pivotal factor influencing port competition, connecting seaports with inland ports and landlocked countries. Although extensive research studies exist on the global impact of rail freight on ports, Africa remains underrepresented in this body of literature. Therefore, this study seeks to evaluate the factors of rail freight transport that influence port competition in West Africa. It employs the novel fuzzy consensus building (FCB) method and the fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (FAHP). The FCB method is used to address and validate the importance of rail freight determinants, while FAHP is utilized to assign weights to prioritize the determinants. As a result, 14 determinants were selected and categorized into <em>Operational Efficiency</em>, <em>Market Dynamics</em>, <em>Infrastructure Systems</em>, and <em>Economic Factors</em>. Infrastructure systems emerge as the most significant category, with rail networks being the highest specific determinant. Interestingly, cargo type is found to be the least specific determinant. The findings are compared with those derived from the traditional Best-Worst Method, validated by expert inputs, and discussed for their insights and practical implications. Its findings are relevant for policymakers and practitioners in the railway, maritime industry, and African Continental Free Trade Agreement to facilitate smoother trade flows.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48413,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Transport Geography","volume":"127 ","pages":"Article 104286"},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143941494","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Gender differences in mobility: Exploring the non-linear relationship in multiple contexts using decision tree algorithms","authors":"Shi Xian,&nbsp;Huiying Zhang,&nbsp;Jiamin Wang,&nbsp;Yu Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2025.104273","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2025.104273","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>As the promotion of gender equality has become the consensus of humanity, gender differences in mobility and its influential factors have been widely discussed. Existing studies have revealed significant gender difference in key mobility indicators. However, most discussions have been limited to single or limited contexts or scenarios and mainly focused on the linear relationships of variables. In addition, most studies were carried out in large cities in the Global North, leaving a research gap in developing countries and rural areas. Particularly, investigations that highlight the heterogeneity within female populations, especially marginalized subgroups, remain scarce. To address these gaps, this study focuses on gender differences in mobility and their influencing factors across diverse contexts and scenarios. Using disaggregated spatiotemporal activity data collected in Guangzhou from 2023 to 2024, we employ statistical analysis and decision tree algorithms to identify key indicators of gendered mobility and explore the non-linear effects of the influential factors. The findings reveal significant gender differences in key mobility indicators. In general, women exhibited more frequent trips, smaller travel ranges, and fixed activity locations than men. The introduction of diverse contexts and multiple scenarios is able to identify more details. In addition, the results confirm nonlinear effects of factors including household division of labor, mobility-related fears, access to mobility tools and personal socioeconomic status. The effects differ between men and women. More importantly, the significance and influence of these factors vary across scenarios. Internal heterogeneity within the female population is further identified, with marginalized subgroup facing greater mobility constraints, including low-income, low-education, suburban, and urban village women residents. The analytical framework of multiple contexts and the methodological approach have also been proven both effective and efficient, offering valuable insights for relevant studies. Grounded in feminist geography and spatiotemporal behavior studies, this research advances the understanding of gendered mobility differences in the complex urban-rural setting in developing countries. Its findings also provide policy implications for reducing gender disparity in mobility and fostering a more equitable and inclusive social environment.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48413,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Transport Geography","volume":"127 ","pages":"Article 104273"},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143941400","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Designing effective policy packages for sustainable commuting: Insights from social practice theory","authors":"Vivien Katharina Albers ,&nbsp;Luca Nitschke ,&nbsp;André Bruns","doi":"10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2025.104282","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2025.104282","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Overcoming the challenges related to current unsustainable mobility systems requires both technological innovation as well as changes on the demand side of mobility. In order to induce these changes on the demand side, so-called policy packages – coherent bundles of different measures – are argued to be particularly suitable interventions. The design of successful policy packages for sustainable mobility often includes the combination of push and pull measures. Our study adds to these findings by informing policy packaging with insights from social practice theory. Based on a practice-theoretical analysis of commuting practices in a living lab setting in a metropolitan region in Germany, we have conducted two transdisciplinary workshops in order to derive specific measures for more sustainable commuting. Relating our findings to measures discussed in policy package and transport planning discourse led us to propose a framework for the design of successful policy packages based on our two main findings: Firstly, effective bundles of measures should address all elements of practice as well as the wider network of practices. Secondly, we propose the concept of enabling measures that should be added to mixes of push and pull measures. The introduction of enabling measures to transport policy and planning allows us to propose actionable insights such as the integration of mobility experiments into processes of mobility management. The suggested framework can be applied by practitioners in order to identify appropriate policy packages for their particular spatial context.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48413,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Transport Geography","volume":"127 ","pages":"Article 104282"},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143941403","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Spatial analysis and predictive modeling framework of truck parking and idling impacts on environmental justice communities","authors":"Runhua Ivan Xiao ,&nbsp;Miguel Jaller","doi":"10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2025.104263","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2025.104263","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study introduces a comprehensive modeling framework to analyze truck idling and parking activities, illustrated through a case study in environmental justice communities in Kern County, California. It includes 1) exploratory spatial and cluster analysis to identify hotspots of those truck activities and their influencing factors, and 2) advanced predictive models, particularly the Cross-Validated Random Forests model, to predict and investigate critical factors influencing truck idling time, parking search time, and inferred truck parking demand. The results reveal that the percentage of heavy-duty trucks and the specific land use influence truck idling time. For parking search time, key predictors include distance to major roads and employment in certain industries. The inferred truck parking demand model underscores the impact of commercial land use areas, proximity to major roads, and socioeconomic factors. These findings enable the identification of hotspots for truck idling and parking searches, facilitating targeted interventions such as optimizing land use planning, improving infrastructure around major roads, and enhancing parking facilities in commercial zones. Integrating spatial, socioeconomic, and GPS aggregate data, the methodology provides a scalable framework applicable to other regions facing similar challenges through data-driven planning and policy initiatives.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48413,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Transport Geography","volume":"127 ","pages":"Article 104263"},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143941402","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Do they hear us? A practical framework for designing gender inclusive transport policies in south and southeast Asian countries","authors":"Ankita Sil,&nbsp;Subeh Chowdhury","doi":"10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2025.104272","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2025.104272","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Providing safe and reliable public transport systems to women remains a significant challenge globally. In south and southeast Asian countries, national transport policies often lack a gender focus and thereby overlook women's travel needs. Without transport policies at a national level, practitioners are unable to design and implement transportation services which address women's travel needs. The main contribution of the study is through the development of a gender-inclusive policy framework to systematically evaluate levels of gender inclusion in national transport policies. The framework offers cross-comparison of countries and acts as a practical tool for policymakers, enabling them to assess strengths and weaknesses across various policy stages—From objective-setting to evaluation and monitoring plans. Further, the framework is applied to national transport policies from 12 countries in the south and southeast Asian region. The analysis reveals a concerning lack of gender inclusivity, with a very low average regional score of 31 %. Critical attributes such as gender-disaggregated travel data, evaluation plans and indicators for women's travel needs are greatly absent from almost all policies. Additionally, analysis was undertaken based on the countries' income level and women's transport demands. Findings show that 9 of the 12 countries need to greatly prioritise gender inclusion in their transport policies, given high transport demands. Overall, the findings show, through the application of the framework, areas of need and countries which are excelling, despite limited resources</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48413,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Transport Geography","volume":"127 ","pages":"Article 104272"},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143935367","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Pedaling paths over time: Exploring cycling adaptation among (forced) migrant women in Germany","authors":"Shahrzad Enderle","doi":"10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2025.104265","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2025.104265","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This qualitative study provides first-hand insights into the cycling adaptation of 22 predominantly forcibly displaced women from 11 non-Western countries living in Germany, exploring their experiences within a cycling-dominated culture. It examines whether these women, who learned to cycle within the past seven years in Freiburg and Stuttgart, continue to cycle and investigates the opportunities and challenges they encounter across rural, urban, and suburban contexts. Using an intersectional feminist lens and drawing on mobility justice principles alongside the motility framework, the study highlights how (mobility-related) key life events shape women's cycling trajectories. The findings classify the women into three groups: regular cyclists, temporary cyclists, and non-regular cyclists. Results indicate that cycling adaptation is most common among women without children or those with one or two older children who can cycle alongside them. In contrast, caregivers of young children—who bear primary responsibility for household labor, childcare, escort trips, and trip chaining—face the greatest barriers to continued cycling. This study contributes to research and policy by advocating for a more nuanced understanding of (forced) migrant women's diverse cycling experiences and calls for the development of inclusive cycling policies and infrastructure.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48413,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Transport Geography","volume":"127 ","pages":"Article 104265"},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143932689","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A spatiotemporal GIS-approach for evaluating the safety of EV trips during wildfires","authors":"Alaa Torkey,&nbsp;Mohamed H. Zaki,&nbsp;Ashraf A. El Damatty","doi":"10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2025.104268","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2025.104268","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Electric Vehicles (EVs) are evolving as a green transportation means to address climate change impacts. However, disruptive events could impede EVs' mobility even with sufficient driving range. This study thus fills a gap in transportation research by including the spatiotemporal impact of potential wildfires, represented by the daily maps of the Canadian Fire Weather Index (FWI), while calculating EVs' safest routes. A case study is conducted in Halifax, Nova Scotia, using three FWI scenarios representing high, medium, and low risk scenarios. EV trips are evaluated by 1) comparing the safest and shortest routes' FWI value and trip distance, 2) investigating the adequacy of existing EV charging infrastructure (EVCI) on those safest routes under different State of Charge (SOC) levels for EVs, and 3) comparing the safest routes in the different risk scenarios. The findings of this research have significant implications in supporting the resilience of transportation electrification by being one step towards proactive emergency planning during disruptive events.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48413,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Transport Geography","volume":"127 ","pages":"Article 104268"},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143935368","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}